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Delaware’s congressional delegation will hold a job fair for veterans Friday from 10-2 at the Bridgeville Library. Employers and veterans assistance organizations will be on hand to talk to prospective employees and offer resources to veterans, according to the offices … Continue reading →

The good news out of the Labor Department’s August employment report: unemployment among all military veterans is still falling. But the jobless rate for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan jumped 1 percent from the previous month. The August … Continue reading →

The White House has issued a stern warning to senior federal execs to follow the law and ensure that returning veterans retain their government jobs. The Washington Post snared a copy of a memo on the topic the Obama administration’s top personnel official sent last … Continue reading →

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It’s all things military in Delaware: Dover AFB, the Army and Air National Guard and all veterans' issues - particularly VA health care and employer compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Questions, concerns or story tips? Contact me at bmcmichael@delawareonline.com or 302-324-2812.

About the author

Bill McMichael came to The News Journal in 2012 after 12 years with Gannett’s Military Times newspaper family; he has covered the military, from the Pentagon to ships at sea, for more than two decades. He's written about the Navy’s Tailhook scandal; racial integration of the military; the punishment of a whistle-blowing Navy SEAL; naval operations at the outset of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; sex trafficking outside U.S. bases in South Korea; medical malpractice; and military law.